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Tavily MCP

Tavily's official MCP server for real-time web search, page extraction, site mapping and crawling.

MCP server★ 2.5k starsMITResearchSoftware development

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Short answer: how to install Tavily MCP

Tavily MCP is an MIT-licensed, open-source MCP server on GitHub (tavily-ai/tavily-mcp) with 2,469 stars as of November 1, 2026. Its last push was on October 29, 2026. To install it in Claude Code, run claude mcp add --transport http tavily https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp. It's a remote server, so you can also add https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp as a custom connector in Claude. It works with Any MCP client, Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop; steps for each are below.

Key facts

Type
MCP server
Jobs it fits
Research a market or topic; Search the web from an AI assistant
Fields
Research, Software development
Works with
Any MCP client, Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop
GitHub
tavily-ai/tavily-mcp
Licence
MIT
Stars
2,469 as of November 1, 2026
Last updated
October 29, 2026 (last push to GitHub)
Author
@tavily-ai
Submitted by
@aiteamguide
Added to the Hub
October 31, 2026

Needs a Tavily account (free plan available); sign in with OAuth or pass your API key.

Install / Use it

MITRemote MCP server

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Cursor

Add to Cursor

Or paste into ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily": {
      "url": "https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Command from the README

claude mcp add --transport http tavily https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp

Claude

This is a remote server. In Claude, add it as a custom connector with this URL:

Remote MCP server URL

https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp

VS Code

Add to VS Code

Or from the command line

code --add-mcp '{"name":"tavily","type":"http","url":"https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp"}'

ChatGPT

Remote server: add it in ChatGPT as a custom connector (developer mode) with this URL. Availability depends on your ChatGPT plan.

Remote MCP server URL

https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp

Codex

Run in your terminal

codex mcp add tavily --url https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp

Safety: Runs code from a third-party repo. Review the source and the permissions before installing.

Commands and configs are taken from the project's README and re-wrapped in each app's documented format. If they differ, the README wins.

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